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HP Network Configuration Utility Agent

User Guide

Part Number 381502-00K

October 2007 (Tenth Edition)

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Contents 3

Contents

Overview..................................................................................................................................... 4

Network Configuration Utility Agent ............................................................................................................ 4

Using Network Configuration Utility Agent with HP SIM .................................................................... 5

Replicate Agent Settings tool....................................................................................................................... 5

Replicating network configuration settings .................................................................................................... 6

Viewing task results ................................................................................................................................... 9

Acronyms and abbreviations........................................................................................................ 10

Index......................................................................................................................................... 11

Overview 4

Overview

Network Configuration Utility Agent

The HP Network Configuration Utility (NCU) enables configuration of network adapters and teams of

network adapters installed on a ProLiant server. To better support server management, the Replicate Agent

Settings tool of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) has been enhanced to work with the NCU. The

replication tool enables HP SIM to retrieve the Network Configuration Utility web agent's configuration

settings from a source server and then apply it to one or more target servers remotely.

The Network Configuration utility agent is only supported in an English environment.

This guide assumes that the reader has a basic familiarity with HP SIM and provides step-by-step

instructions to replicate network configuration settings.

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Using Network Configuration Utility Agent with

HP SIM

Replicate Agent Settings tool

The Replicate Agent Settings tool lets you configure adapters and adapter teams on target servers based

on configuration information transferred from a source server. The target server is not required to be

identical to the source server.

The Replicate Agent Settings tool identifies adapters by their relative order in the system. The relative

order is determined by the following properties.

•Slot and port order for adapters in non-HP BladeSystem configurations

•Enclosure switch bay number and switch port order for adapters in HP BladeSystem configurations

Adapters embedded on the system board are assigned the lowest numbers, followed by adapters ordered

by their slot or switch bay number with the lowest slot or switch bay number first. Multiport adapters are

ordered by ascending port or switch port number within each slot.

Order of adapters on target systems

Adapters on the target system are configured to match the corresponding adapter number on the source

server.

•The first adapter on the target system is configured using data from the first adapter on the source

server.

•The second adapter on the target system is configured using data from the second adapter on the

source server, and so on.

•If the target system has more adapters than the source server, then the extra adapters retain their

current settings.

•If the target system has fewer adapters than the source server, data for additional adapters on the

source server is ignored.

HP Multifunction adapters on target systems

To transfer iSCSI, TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE), or Receive-Side Scaling (RSS) parameters on an HP

multifunction adapter, the following conditions apply.

•The multifunction adapter must be located in the same relative position on the target server as on the

source server.

•If these multifunction parameters are assigned to an adapter that does not support iSCSI, TOE, or

RSS, they are ignored.

•If an adapter supports these multifunction parameters but the parameters are not assigned, the

existing settings are left unchanged.

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•TOE and RSS capabilities are only available through Multifunction Server Adapters running

Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) on Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or later) or Windows

Server 2003 x64 (SP1 or later).

See the Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com) website to download the latest version of the

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) and the required Microsoft

hotfixes in article numbers 921136, 919948, and 923187 of the Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB).

Teams on target systems

The target system is configured with the same number of teams that were present on the source server.

•Teams are created on the target system consisting of the same relative adapters that were teamed on

the source server. For example, if adapters 3 and 5 were teamed on the source server, then that

teaming information is saved in the data file, and adapters 3 and 5 are teamed on the target

system.

•In general, the adapters on the team on the target system do not have to be the same type of

adapters that were teamed on the source server. However, some adapters cannot be teamed and if

an attempt is made to form a team with invalid combinations of adapters an error occurs. For

example, teams with different speed capabilities cannot be teamed on a load balancing team.

•An error occurs in the configuration if the adapters forming the team on the source server are not

present on the target system. For example, if adapters 3 and 5 are teamed on the source server, but

the target system has only four adapters, an error is reported and the configuration is not applied.

•When teams are configured on the target system, the team properties are set to the values read from

the data file for the corresponding team on the source server. Properties not specified in the data file

(and properties specified with invalid data values) are configured using their default settings.

•If no teams are configured on the source server, no teaming information is written to the data file

and configuration of the target system consists only of configuring individual adapters.

Replicating network configuration settings

To replicate network configuration settings from a source server to target servers follow this procedure:

1. From the HP SIM home page, select All Systems under the System Overview link. All available

servers are listed in the All Systems panel.

2. Select the target systems from the list.

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3. Select Configure>Replicate Agent Settings from the menu bar. The Step 1: Verify Target Systems

window displays with the selected targets listed.

NOTE: If the systems selected are not compatible with the Replicate Agent Settings tool, the

"Tool launch OK?" column provides a brief explanation of the problem. To change the

targeted list, click Change Targets. To remove the selected system, click Remove in the "Keep?"

column.

4. Click Next. The Step 2: Choose Source System window appears.

5. Select the specific server with a configured network to replicate on the target servers. The Web

Agent that supports network configuration is HP Network Configuration Utility.

6. Click Next. The Step 3: Choose Source Configuration Settings window appears.

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7. Expand the HP Network Configuration Utility tree to view the networking properties that can be

replicated. These properties are located under Network Configuration then Networking Properties.

An overview of the networking configuration provides the following information:

Teams—Number of teams in the configuration.

Team VLANs—Total number of team VLANs defined (multiple teams can use the same VLAN)

Adapters—Total number of adapters in the configuration

Adapter VLANs—Total number of adapter VLANs defined (multiple adapters can use the same

VLAN)

Version—Version of the teaming utility

NOTE: Currently, the edit function is not operational for network configuration settings.

8. Select Adapter Configuration. You also can select Wake target systems from low power mode

before configuring the target servers. This option initiates the Wake-on LAN (WOL) feature to

remotely power up the target servers, if they are equipped with a WOL-enabled adapter or if they

have ACPI support in the operating system. Refer to the section called "Replicate Agent Settings -

Reference" in the HP SIM help file for more information.

9. Select one of the following options to execute the task:

a. Click Schedule to specify when the task will run. For more information, refer to the section called

"Scheduling a Task" in the HP SIM help file.

b. Click Run Now to run the task immediately. The Task Results window appears as shown in the

following section "Viewing task results (on page 9)". Refer to the section "Task Results List" in the

HP SIM help file for more information.

c. Click Prev to return to the previous window.

NOTE: The Replicate Agent Settings task of the HP SIM uses Secure Task Execution (STE) to

issue its commands to the system. STE enables an HP SIM system to securely request execution

of the task from a managed system. It ensures that the user requesting the task has the

appropriate rights to perform the task. For more information, refer to the section called "About

Secure Task Execution" in the HP SIM help file.

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Viewing task results

The Task Results window displays the task instance results and status of each targeted server.

Details identifies the success or failure of the configuration and may include one of the following

messages:

Status Message

Agent Configured

Successfully Network Configuration-Agent Configured Successfully.

Networking

Configuration

Replication Error

Network Configuration Replication Error-Error retrieving system model. Insure that

network configuration utilities are not executing on this target.

Network Configuration Error-Adapter configuration version mismatch.

Network Configuration Error-Adapter configuration error; see log file for additional

details.

Network Configuration Error-Another Networking application is executing.

Network Configuration Error-Unidentified error; see log file for additional details.

Network Configuration Error-Number or type of adapter mismatch.

HP SIM Connecting

VLAN Error

Network Configuration Replication Error-Processing HP SIM connection.

NOTE: See CPQSYSTEM\log\remnetcfg.log for additional error details.

Acronyms and abbreviations 10

Acronyms and abbreviations

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

iSCSI

Internet Small Computer System Interface

NCU

Network Configuration Utility

RSS

Receive-Side Scaling

SIM

Systems Insight Manager

TOE

TCP/IP Offload Engine

VLAN

virtual local-area network

WOL

Wake-on LAN

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